Nov-Dec 2009

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"BEARS: FICTION AND NONFICTION"
OBJECTIVE: Read to compare the bears from a fairy tale with bears from real life.
STANDARDS: Science: Characteristics of organisms; organisms and environments; Language Arts: Fiction and nonfiction

• LEARN-ALONG PAGE | Bear Diagram (Filling In a Diagram)
  
  
• LEARN-ALONG PAGE | Bear-y Fun Riddles (Logic/Riddles)
  
  
• LESSON PLAN

TEACHING MATERIALS FOR ALL THIS MONTH'S ISSUES

• TEACHER'S EDITION for all November-December 2009 issues
  
  
• NOVEMBER CALENDAR ACTIVITY for your students
  DECEMBER CALENDAR ACTIVITY for your students
  
  
• "Meet a Pilgrim Child"
  LEARN-ALONG PAGE | Pilgrims and Me (Reading a Chart)
  LEARN-ALONG PAGE | Listening Checkpoint (Comprehension)
  LEARN-ALONG PAGE | Pilgrim Word Search (Vocabulary)
  LESSON PLAN
  
  
• "An American Indian Child"
  LEARN-ALONG PAGE | Crack the Code (Addition)
  LESSON PLAN
  
  
• "Mailing a Holiday Card"
  LEARN-ALONG PAGE | Fill In the Envelope (Addressing an Envelope)
  LEARN-ALONG PAGE | Cut-and-Paste Envelope (Addressing an Envelope)
  LEARN-ALONG PAGE | Holiday Party (Reading a Chart)
  LESSON PLAN

ECT Interviews Early Childhood Teacher Lauren Lawson on Art, Writing, and Young Children
Lawson believes that children need to be introduced to symbolic ways of communicating at an early age, and that they need experiences that help them understand how materials work and what possibilities these materials offer them.

Help Students Settle Into Your Classroom
Ideas and getting-to-know-you activities for making students feel welcome and comfortable in their new learning environment.

From Where I Sit: An Hour of Play - What For?
As the academic content taught in school becomes more demanding, young children need to spend more, not less, time in play--to experiment with symbols, ideas, and relationships not tied to any particular content. Children who miss out on play in their early years may have gaps in their social, cognitive, and linguistic development.

LESSON PLAN	Comparing and Contrasting Fiction and Nonfiction Allows students to compare fiction and nonfiction with a Venn Diagram.
UNIT PLAN	Fiction vs. Nonfiction Utilize this unit plan to teach your students to distinguish between elements of fiction and nonfiction and identify author purpose, through...
ONLINE ACTIVITY	Grade 2 - Where Are Bears? Go from the rainforest to the mountains and visit bears in their natural habitats — and find out how they survive the winter — in...